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By Richard Owen

Published 1894
J. Murray

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The only biography of the subject is The Life of Richard Owen, 2 vol. (189495, reprinted 1975), written by his grandson, Richard Owen.
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Lancaster - Page 125
He returned home after spending a week at Lancaster with his two surviving sisters. A few days later (November 6), he gave the inaugural address of ...
more pages: 17 20 86 264

Brindisi - Page 208
On the voyage from Alexandria to Brindisi he encountered rough weather. ' I tumbled out,' he says, ' and got on deck, where I danced a sort of ...
more pages: 230

Foggia - Page 208
At Foggia the main part of the train runs northward, and our part was closely packed with passengers. I was the only man who ventured into one of the ...

Edinburgh - Page 142
This morning am off to Edinburgh.' In the following month, October 7, 1863, Owen sends in a report to the Trustees of the British Museum about a whale ...
more pages: 361

Birmingham - Page 155
On Tuesday I left Birmingham to meet by appointment the Council of the Philosophical Society there at the museum. ...
more pages: 154

Cambridge - Page 266
I enjoyed a charming dinner at White Lodge since you left for Cambridge, but time passes very quietly and peacefully with me at home ; a brief ...
more pages: 82 132

Manchester - Page 124
giving a few details of the British Association Meeting at Sheffield, where he gave a course of lectures, lecturing afterwards at Manchester. ...
more pages: 16 86

Liverpool - Page 16
On April 13 Owen went to Manchester, where he gave a course of four lectures, and then to Liverpool, where he also gave a short course. ...
more pages: 86

London - Page 177
such common objects as lie about my dwelling, or may be picked up on the roadside along which I pass daily in Richmond Park to my work in London. ...
more pages: 23 144 220 221 232 253 264 266 269 333

Caen - Page 64
From her journal we find that he went over to Caen in the middle of June to look at a collection of marine fossils which had been offered for sale to ...

Windsor - Page 188
but had received a call to Windsor, so we had a long talk on divers subjects, for Her Majesty knows much both as to things and persons. ...
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Marseilles - Page 190
inspect the Suez Canal and explain the, works, and who is ordered with me to embark along with Sir Samuel in the steamer from Marseilles to.

Darmstadt - Page 21
My dear Falconer,—It is most kind of you to have thought of me and my peculiar interest in the dentition of mastodon whilst you were at Darmstadt. ...

Naples - Page 222
The Ambassador's yacht was put at our dis-posal to take us on to Naples from Malta, as the steamer for Syracuse and Naples could not wait. ...

Swansea - Page 154
Owen spent his holiday at Swansea, and took the opportunity of inspecting the museum there. ' It has a fine collection of local fossils,' he says, ...

Derby - Page 263
When I look back upon the incidents of my life I am struck with the part played by you in them : How you went down to Derby to my wedding and gave ...

Milan - Page 202
The journey home had now begun, Brindisi, Mont Cenis, and Milan being visited on the way. ' At Paris,' says Owen, ' I occupied my seat at the.
more pages: 103

Leeds - Page 75
Association this year, of which he made mention in an early letter to his sister as weighing on his mind, was delivered in the autumn at Leeds. ...
more pages: 152 366

Paris - Page 202
The journey home had now begun, Brindisi, Mont Cenis, and Milan being visited on the way. ' At Paris,' says Owen, ' I occupied my seat at the.
more pages: 8 10 131 149 158 160 181 268 359

Norwich - Page 19
Norwich : June 20, 1856. ' My dear Owen,—. . . I trust that your move to the British Museum is for your happiness. If God spare your health it will be ...
more pages: 118

Coventry - Page 16
On January 8 Owen accompanied Sir Joseph Paxton to Coventry, where, he says, 'there was a deputation to meet us. ...

Madrid - Page 159
a Yorkshire one, which had been sent to them by the Queen of Spain from Madrid ; it was of a snipey flavour, very good. ...

Hemel Hempstead - Page 181
Westbrook Hey, Hemel Hempstead : September 5. ' After the British Museum on Thursday, 1 took the train to Boxmoor, and arrived here about five, ...

Dublin - Page 206
I leave to-morrow, sleep at Dublin, see my scientific friends and their museums there, and then sail for Holyhead, go on to Barmouth, spend a few days ...

Cheltenham - Page 20
After leaving Bedford, Owen went on to the meeting of the British Association in Cheltenham, and then travelled up to Scotland, where he was the guest ...

Gloucester - Page 77
Gloucester]. ... A most pleasant, varied chat all the dinner time ; no sort of formality.' ' A card of a foot square from the Lord Mayor- elect, ...

York - Page 28
The account is given as nearly as possible in his own words, the substance being taken from his address to the British Associa-tion at York in 1881.

Harwich - Page 344
Description of the Remains of Six Species of Marine Turtles (Chelones) from the London Clay of Sheppey and Harwich. ...

Oxford - Page 160
who were also going there. The election prevented many from coming. The next day we made up a party to go to Oxford, consist-.

Maidstone - Page 343
probably marine, from the Lower Greensand at Hythe ; and of teeth from the same formation at Maidstone, referable to the genus Polyptychodon. ...

Haarlem - Page 383
KSniglich Bayerische Akademie der Wissen- schaften, August 25, 1842. Foreign Member, Hollandsche MaatschappijdeWetenschappen te. Haarlem, 1842.

Warwick - Page 345
Jaegeri,irom Guy's Cliff, Warwick ; and Lab. scutulatus, from Leamington) ; with remarks on the probable identity of the Cheirotherium.

Moscow - Page 390
lerian Professor, RI, 113, 114; honour from Moscow, 117; son born to, 118; fos-sils, 119-121; gold medal, 121 ; Marsupialia, 125 ; to ...

Cairo - Page 197
the Prince and Princess of Wales into Cairo, with the attendant festivities, and on February 4 gives an account of the entry of the pilgrims into the ...
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Jerusalem - Page 102
You may remember that Hunt went to Jerusalem five years ago to make the requisite studies on the spot, and he has devoted all those years, ...

Syracuse - Page 222
The Ambassador's yacht was put at our dis-posal to take us on to Naples from Malta, as the steamer for Syracuse and Naples could not wait. ...

Amherst, Massachusetts - Page 132
A letter to-day from the Principal of the College at Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, who encloses a printed sheet with extracts from R. ...

Montreal - Page 355
Letter ' On the Track of a Quadruped imprinted on Lower Silurian Sandstone, from Beauharnois, 20 miles above Montreal (Chelonian). ...